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KEY POINTS “Regardless of motive, this incident has, and likely will continue to, resonate with a wide range of violent extremists in justifications and calls for further violence.

Additionally, the high-profile nature of this attack—occurring as the US enters the final months of its Presidential election and two days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—will likely be amplified in extremist messaging and heavily exploited by malicious actors as well as adversarial nation-states in mis/dis/mal-information aimed at fomenting division.”

“This attempted assassination took place in a heightened domestic threat environment facing public officials in the US and amid elevated concerns nationwide for acts of targeted politically-motivated violence.”

“The NYPD Intelligence & Counterterrorism Bureau (ICB) assesses that the assassination of elected officials remains a viable tactic to a range of violent extremists in the US, as demonstrated by a string of recent high-profile arrests involving threats against public figures, necessitating elevated vigilance by law enforcement officers assigned to protective details and election events.“

https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1812594610947957088